I must give a shout out to New Zealand, Europe and Britains innovators like Salmonella Dub, Mei Tei Sho, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Sons of Kemet, Nubiyan Twist, Joe Armon-Jones and American trumpeter Theo Crooker who put out records with Chronixx and Wyclef Jean. To prove it I can just make a small list of the artists I can call dub jazz masters: Sly & Robbie Meets Nils Petter Molvaer + Eivind Aarset & Vladislav Delay, Nick Page’s Dub Colossus who blends Ethiopian Jazz and Azmari music with Jamaican Dub, Jamie Saft’s New Zion Trio, Hamid Drake & Bindu, Bill Laswell who remixed both Bob Marley and Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock who covered Marley and has a lot of records produced by Laswell in the spirit of Hip-hop Dub, Dennis Bovell who produced The Pop Group and Fela Kuti, Jah Wobble and Invaders of the Heart and Jamaican legends who played Jazz festivals all around the world like Monty Alexander and Ernest Ranglin. Jazz and dub are unison foundation from my perspective. “My relationship with Jazz is a long story. With an upcoming album In Jazz due for release on 23 September, Lil Obeah announces his Dub Is Jazz EP as a name-your-price download.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |